The Bureau of Engraving and Printing reported its first delivery of colorized $5 Federal Reserve Notes on its October 2007 monthly report. 

This is right on time for the new $5 to be displayed at the coin and currency convention in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 16-18. BEP plans to show off a 16-note sheet at its booth there.

In the October report, BEP records delivery to the Federal Reserve of 3,200,000 of the redesigned $5s, all star notes, IA00000001* through IA03200000*, printed at the Fort Worth, Texas, facility.

These star notes appear to be the first of the new $5.

Also appearing in the report is a printing of some non-star pre-colorized $5s, which may or may not be the last printing of those.  Sometimes production of the older designs keeps going for a little while as production of the new design begins. I expect it depends on demand for $5s in circulation.

Based on the $5s I've been seeing in circulation, we could use a fresh supply. 

I anticipate seeing more of the new $5s on BEP delivery reports in coming months, as the Fed and Treasury gear up for the release of the note to circulation in 2008.

Then it's all eyes on the $100. It's the last denomination scheduled for change in this cycle of redesign. Will it also be the flashiest?